republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-280.md

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Bill	Elections.	(1) Existing law authorizes a candidate for elective office to submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures in lieu of all or part of the fee for filing nomination papers. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make forms for securing signatures available to each candidate commencing 60 days before the first day for circulating nomination papers, except as specified, and requires candidates to file in-lieu-filing-fee petitions at least 30 days before the close of the nomination period.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 280	California SB 280 (20252026)	bill appropriation	Elections	enacted	Cervantes	7	41	12	2025-02-05	2025-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/37e3313a-549f-499c-a916-dbbf15444f0d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB280	34279ced85be38631ab52d0ef2b5169b8841840caa91c681e0ea4c7f67200765	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 280 (20252026) — Elections.

(1) Existing law authorizes a candidate for elective office to submit a petition containing a specified number of signatures in lieu of all or part of the fee for filing nomination papers. Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make forms for securing signatures available to each candidate commencing 60 days before the first day for circulating nomination papers, except as specified, and requires candidates to file in-lieu-filing-fee petitions at least 30 days before the close of the nomination period.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/05/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB280 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/21/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 280 Cervantes Third Reading Urgency By Pellerin — 57–20 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB280 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 280 Cervantes Third Reading Urgency By Pellerin Amend By GALLAGHER Set #3 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY — 56–19 (pass) · lower
• SB 280 Cervantes Third Reading Urgency By Pellerin Amend By CASTILLO Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY — 56–19 (pass) · lower
• SB 280 Cervantes Third Reading Urgency By Pellerin Amend By GALLAGHER Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY — 54–19 (pass) · lower
• SB 280 Cervantes Third Reading Urgency By Pellerin Amend By TANGIPA Set #4 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY — 54–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB280 Cervantes et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cervantes — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Ahrens — coauthor (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Bennett — coauthor (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Cabaldon — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Caloza — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Celeste Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Elhawary — coauthor (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Harabedian — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Mark González — coauthor (person)
• McGuire — coauthor (person)
• McKinnor — coauthor (person)
• Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Nguyen — coauthor (person)
• Ortega — coauthor (person)
• Padilla — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — author (person)
• Pérez — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Ransom — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Rogers — coauthor (person)
• Stefani — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — coauthor (person)
• Valencia — coauthor (person)
• Wahab — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)
• Ávila Farías — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
• 2025-02-14 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Set for hearing April 1.
• 2025-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 609.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-18 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Pellerin.
• 2025-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-18 Re-referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 2645.)
• 2025-08-18 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 2646.)
• 2025-08-18 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 2646.)
• 2025-08-18 Assembly Rule 63 and 66 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 2647.)
• 2025-08-18 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2188.)
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-21 Amendments by Assembly Member Gallagher tabled on motion by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2689.)
• 2025-08-21 Amendments by Assembly Member Castillo tabled on motion by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 2690.)
• 2025-08-21 Amendments by Assembly Member Gallagher tabled on motion by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 2691.)
• 2025-08-21 Amendments by Assembly Member Tangipa tabled on motion by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2692.)
• 2025-08-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 2693.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-21 Senate Rule 29.10(d) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2226.)
• 2025-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-08-21 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2025-08-21 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2232.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2025-08-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-08-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 97, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37e3313a-549f-499c-a916-dbbf15444f0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).